End of the British Army?

Brussels bureaucrats are railroading through contentious plans to vastly expand the European Union’s military scope which could ultimately end with the British army being subsumed into a vast continental force.

The UK military could also be forced to share highly sensitive weapons technology - which we have spent millions of pounds of taxpayers' money developing - with the rest of Europe under an agreement to boost military cooperation between member states.

Britain would also be expected to contribute around £375million to the scheme - enough to rehire all of the 20,000 soldiers the Government sacked in its last defence spending review.

Last night critics branded the plans "scandalous" and said only a vote for Brexit in the upcoming referendum can guarantee the future of the 356-year-old British army.

One former servicewoman, who asked not to be named, told Express.co.uk the proposals would require the the military to change the centuries old Oath of Allegiance for new soldiers, because they would no longer be "bearing true allegiance" to the Queen.

She raged: "It'll be like ashes in the mouths of service personnel.”

The plans have been unveiled by bureaucrats who are preparing to revive proposals to draw up a legally binding "white book" which would vastly expand the military role of the EU.

Britain has by far the biggest and best equipped army in Europe and is to plough some £2.2bn into developing new weapons this year alone.

But under the new EU plans we could in future be blocked from researching new military technology which would benefit the British Army, instead being forced to plough money into projects for the wider benefit of the whole EU project.

Brussels bureaucrats are now calling for a "systematic and long-term policy framework" across Europe which would establish "a genuine harmonisation and coordination of operational and military requirements".

The bombshell proposal adds new laws should force member states to "fight off the temptation to add national specifications" to weapons development projects.

Credit to express.co.uk

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/648052/EU-referendum-Brussels-plot-military-merger-UK-stay-in-British-Army-UKIP